Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. We find it with another.
語(yǔ)音講解:
今日發(fā)音練習(xí)重點(diǎn):
1. true /tr/輔音連綴
2. alone 包含易錯(cuò)音組 /əˈləʊn $ əˈloʊn/
3. meaning 兩個(gè)音節(jié),前緊后松 /ˈmiːnɪŋ/
言之有物:
1. Love is our true destiny. 愛(ài)是我們真正的宿命。
詞鏈兒:XX is one's true destiny 命中注定... /...是XX真正的宿命
Freedom is my true destiny.
自由是我真正的宿命。
Maybe this is my true destiny.
也許這是我真正的宿命。
Perhaps you've only just discovered your true destiny.
也許你只是發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己真正的宿命。
圖片源自《遙遠(yuǎn)星際》
My true destiny is to be a coach.
我真正的使命是當(dāng)一名教練。
圖片源自《公牛歷險(xiǎn)記》
詞鏈兒:be in control of your own destiny/be master of one's own destiny
掌握/ 主宰自己的命運(yùn)
=control/determine/take charge of one's own destiny
She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own destiny.
她建立了自己的公司,因?yàn)樗莆兆约旱拿\(yùn)。
People want to control/determine/take charge of their own destinies.
人們想要掌控自己的命運(yùn)。
詞鏈兒:a sense of destiny 宿命感
He was driven on by a strong sense of destiny.
他被一種強(qiáng)烈的宿命感所驅(qū)使。
2. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone.
我們不應(yīng)獨(dú)自尋找生命的意義。
詞鏈兒① find the meaning of XX 找到XX的意義
meaning n.(人生的)意義、價(jià)值、目標(biāo)
You will find the meaning of true love.
你將會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)真愛(ài)的意義。
...trying to find the meaning of life.
...試圖找到生命的意義。
圖片源自《紙牌屋》
★原聲例句:And the movie is really about her trying to find the meaning of love and the meaning of relationships. 這確實(shí)是一部關(guān)于她試圖尋找愛(ài)情的意義的電影。
★原聲例句:...and to find the meaning of their own existence and lives.
... 找到他們自己存在和生命的意義。
拓展詞鏈兒:lose meaning; not/no longer have any meaning
毫無(wú)意義/價(jià)值
Her work no longer had any meaning for her.
她的工作對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)不再有任何意義了。
Her life seemed to have lost all meaning.
她的生活似乎已毫無(wú)價(jià)值。
that the world “ancient” will lose all its meaning when your entire existence is one long today.
如果你的生命停留在今天“古老”這個(gè)詞將毫無(wú)意義。
圖片源自《美國(guó)恐怖故事》
詞鏈兒② do sth by oneself alone 獨(dú)自做...
alone adv. 獨(dú)自
I can't sustain this life by myself alone.
我無(wú)法獨(dú)自承受這樣的生活。
I don't want you to go there by yourself alone.
我不想要你單獨(dú)去那里。
*詞匯辨析:alone & lone & lonely
→alone 和不太正式、常用于英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)的 on your own、by yourself 均指獨(dú)自,但無(wú)“孤獨(dú)”之意:
I like being alone in the house.
我喜歡獨(dú)自一人待在家里。
→lone、solitary、single 意為單獨(dú);
lone 和 solitary 有時(shí)可能暗示說(shuō)話者認(rèn)為談及的人孤單
a lone jogger in the park
在公園里獨(dú)自慢跑的一個(gè)人
→lonely (美式英語(yǔ)亦作 lonesome)意為孤寂;還可描述使人感到孤寂的地方或活動(dòng)
a lonely child
孤寂的孩子
a lonely house
一座冷清的房子
3. We find it with another. 我們要同他人一同找尋。
another 為代詞,表“另一個(gè)”、“別的”、“不同的(人或事物)”
圖片源自《朗文詞典》
Helen resigned from her last job and has yet to find another.
海倫辭去了上一份工作,還沒(méi)有找到新工作。
I don't like this room. I'm going to ask for another.
我不喜歡這個(gè)房間。我打算另要一間。
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